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  • Definition
    • base :installation from which a military force initiates operations
      • the attack wiped out our forward bases

    • base :use as a basis for; found on
      • base a claim on some observation

    • base :serving as or forming a base
      • the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats

    • base :lowest support of a structure
      • it was built on a base of solid rock|he stood at the foot of the tower

    • base :situate as a center of operations
      • we will base this project in the new lab

    • base :of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
      • baseborn wretches with dirty faces|of humble (or lowly) birth

    • base :a place that the runner must touch before scoring
      • he scrambled to get back to the bag

    • base :(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
      • base coins of aluminum|a base metal

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